Seeing vs Heedfulness - What's the difference?
seeing | heedfulness | Related terms |
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Having vision; not blind.
The action of the verb to see ; eyesight.
* 2004 , Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus (page 73)
(astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
(slang) Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
The state or quality of being heedful.
:His lack of heedfulness frequently resulted in his self-injury.
Seeing is a related term of heedfulness.
As nouns the difference between seeing and heedfulness
is that seeing is the action of the verb to see ; eyesight while heedfulness is the state or quality of being heedful.As a verb seeing
is .As an adjective seeing
is having vision; not blind.As a conjunction seeing
is (slang) inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.seeing
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(head)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}
Derived terms
* all-seeing * seeing to * seeing-eye dogAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* sightedNoun
- To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings , hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires
Etymology 2
Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".Conjunction
(English Conjunctions)- Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.